diff --git a/ext/zip/php_zip.c b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
index d83272f564000..5fd9278d42412 100644
--- a/ext/zip/php_zip.c
+++ b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ static char * php_zip_make_relative_path(char *path, size_t path_len) /* {{{ */
 		return path + 1;
 	}
 
+#ifdef PHP_WIN32
+	/* Windows relative path ^A-Z: */
+    if (path_len > 2 && path[1] == ':' && !IS_SLASH(path[2])) {
+		return path + 2;
+	}
+#endif /* PHP_WIN32 */
+
 	i = path_len;
 
 	while (1) {
@@ -121,8 +128,17 @@ static char * php_zip_make_relative_path(char *path, size_t path_len) /* {{{ */
 			return path;
 		}
 
-		if (i >= 2 && (path[i -1] == '.' || path[i -1] == ':')) {
-			/* i is the position of . or :, add 1 for / */
+        /* relative path indicators: ^../ ^./ /../ /./ and A-Z:/ for windows only */
+        if (
+                (i >= 3 && path[i-1] == '.' && path[i-2] == '.' && IS_SLASH(path[i-3])) /* /../ */
+                || (i >= 2 && path[i-1] == '.' && IS_SLASH(path[i-2]))                  /* /./ */
+                || (i == 2 && path[i-1] == '.' && path[i-2] == '.' )                    /* ^../ */
+                || (i == 1 && path[i-1] == '.')                                         /* ^./ */
+#ifdef PHP_WIN32
+                || (i == 2 && path[i-1] == ':')                                         /* ^A-Z:/ */
+                || (i >= 2 && path[i-1] == '.' && path[i-2] == '.' )                    /* ../ */
+#endif /* PHP_WIN32 */
+        ) {
 			path_begin = path + i + 1;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/ext/zip/tests/bug77978_unix.phpt b/ext/zip/tests/bug77978_unix.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ad8d0a4c83e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/zip/tests/bug77978_unix.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #77978 Wrong relative path for :/ unix tests
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('zip')) die('skip');
+if (substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == 'WIN') die('Skip Unix tests on Windows');
+ ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$file = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'bug77978_unix.zip';
+$target = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'bug77978_unix';
+@mkdir($target);
+
+$pathList = [
+    "dir/test:/filename1.txt",
+    "dir/test:a/filename2.txt",
+    "dir./test/filename3.txt",
+    "dir../test/filename4.txt",
+    "dir/test/filename5.txt",
+    "../abc/filename6.txt",
+    "./abc/filename7.txt",
+    "/abc/filename8.txt",
+    "abc/filename9.txt",
+    ":abc/filename10.txt",
+    "ab:c/filename11.txt",
+    "abc:/filename12.txt",
+    "abc/.filename13.txt",
+    "abc/..filename14.txt",
+    "abc/../filename15.txt",
+    "abc/../../filename16.txt",
+    "abc/../../dir/filename17.txt",
+    "abc/./filename18.txt",
+    "abc/file:name19.txt",
+    "abc/file.name20.txt",
+    "abc//filename21.txt",
+    "C:abc/filename22.txt",
+    "C:\abc/filename23.txt",
+    "C:/abc/filename24.txt",
+];
+
+$zipWriter = new ZipArchive();
+$zipWriter->open($file, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE);
+foreach($pathList as $path) {
+    $zipWriter->addFromString($path, "contents");
+}
+$zipWriter->close();
+
+$zipReader = new ZipArchive();
+
+$i = 0;
+while($zipReader->open($file) !== true && $i < 30) {
+    ++$i;
+    if($i == 30) {
+        die("Can't open zip file {$file} for read.");
+    }
+    sleep(1);
+}
+
+foreach($pathList as $path) {
+    $zipReader->extractTo($target, $path);
+    $result = file_exists($target . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $path) ? 'found' : 'not found';
+    printf("%s \t%s%s", $path, $result, PHP_EOL);
+}
+$zipReader->close();
+
+unlink($file);
+
+$pathListAdditional = [
+    "abc/filename6.txt",
+    "filename16.txt",
+    "dir/filename17.txt",
+];
+
+foreach($pathListAdditional as $path) {
+    $file = $target . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $path;
+    $result = file_exists($file) ? 'found' : 'not found';
+    printf("%s \t%s%s", $path, $result, PHP_EOL);
+}
+
+?>
+--CLEAN--
+<?php
+$file = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'bug77978_unix.zip';
+$target = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'bug77978_unix';
+unlink($file);
+
+$pathList = [
+    "dir/test:/filename1.txt",
+    "dir/test:a/filename2.txt",
+    "dir./test/filename3.txt",
+    "dir../test/filename4.txt",
+    "dir/test/filename5.txt",
+    "../abc/filename6.txt",
+    "./abc/filename7.txt",
+    "/abc/filename8.txt",
+    "abc/filename9.txt",
+    ":abc/filename10.txt",
+    "ab:c/filename11.txt",
+    "abc:/filename12.txt",
+    "abc/.filename13.txt",
+    "abc/..filename14.txt",
+    "abc/../filename15.txt",
+    "abc/../../filename16.txt",
+    "abc/../../dir/filename17.txt",
+    "abc/./filename18.txt",
+    "abc/file:name19.txt",
+    "abc/file.name20.txt",
+    "abc//filename21.txt",
+    "C:abc/filename22.txt",
+    "C:\abc/filename23.txt",
+    "C:/abc/filename24.txt",
+    "abc/filename6.txt",
+    "filename16.txt",
+    "dir/filename17.txt",
+];
+foreach($pathList as $path) {
+    if(file_exists($target . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $path)) {
+        unlink($target . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $path);
+    }
+}
+rmdir($target);
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+dir/test:/filename1.txt 	found
+dir/test:a/filename2.txt 	found
+dir./test/filename3.txt 	found
+dir../test/filename4.txt 	found
+dir/test/filename5.txt 	found
+../abc/filename6.txt 	not found
+./abc/filename7.txt 	found
+/abc/filename8.txt 	found
+abc/filename9.txt 	found
+:abc/filename10.txt 	found
+ab:c/filename11.txt 	found
+abc:/filename12.txt 	found
+abc/.filename13.txt 	found
+abc/..filename14.txt 	found
+abc/../filename15.txt 	found
+abc/../../filename16.txt 	not found
+abc/../../dir/filename17.txt 	not found
+abc/./filename18.txt 	found
+abc/file:name19.txt 	found
+abc/file.name20.txt 	found
+abc//filename21.txt 	found
+C:abc/filename22.txt 	found
+C:\abc/filename23.txt 	found
+C:/abc/filename24.txt 	found
+abc/filename6.txt 	found
+filename16.txt 	found
+dir/filename17.txt 	found
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ext/zip/tests/bug77978_windows.phpt b/ext/zip/tests/bug77978_windows.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b97151d7bcc71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/zip/tests/bug77978_windows.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #77978 Wrong relative path for :/ windows tests
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('zip')) die('skip');
+if (substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) != 'WIN') die('Skip Windows tests on Unix systems');
+ ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$file = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'bug77978_windows.zip';
+$target = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'bug77978_windows';
+@mkdir($target);
+
+$pathList = [
+    "abc/test:/filename1.txt",
+    "abc/test:a/filename2.txt",
+    "abc./test/filename3.txt",
+    "abc../test/filename4.txt",
+    "abc/test/filename5.txt",
+    "../abc/filename6.txt",
+    "./abc/filename7.txt",
+    "/abc/filename8.txt",
+    "abc/filename9.txt",
+    ":abc/filename10.txt",
+    "ab:c/filename11.txt",
+    "abc:/filename12.txt",
+    "abc/.filename13.txt",
+    "abc/..filename14.txt",
+    "abc/../filename15.txt",
+    "abc/../../filename16.txt",
+    "abc/../../dir/filename17.txt",
+    "abc/./filename18.txt",
+    "abc/file.name19.txt",
+    "abc//filename20.txt",
+    "C:abc/filename21.txt",
+    "C:\abc/filename22.txt",
+    "C:/abc/filename23.txt",
+];
+
+$zipWriter = new ZipArchive();
+$zipWriter->open($file, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE);
+foreach($pathList as $path) {
+    $zipWriter->addFromString($path, "contents");
+}
+$zipWriter->close();
+
+$zipReader = new ZipArchive();
+
+$i = 0;
+while($zipReader->open($file) !== true && $i < 30) {
+    ++$i;
+    if($i == 30) {
+        die("Can't open zip file {$file} for read.");
+    }
+    sleep(1);
+}
+
+foreach($pathList as $path) {
+    $zipReader->extractTo($target, $path);
+    $result = file_exists($target . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $path) ? 'found' : 'not found';
+    printf("%s \t%s%s", $path, $result, PHP_EOL);
+}
+$zipReader->close();
+
+unlink($file);
+
+$pathListAdditional = [
+    "test/filename4.txt",
+    "abc/filename6.txt",
+    "filename16.txt",
+    "dir/filename17.txt",
+    "abc/filename22.txt",
+    "abc/filename23.txt",
+];
+
+foreach($pathListAdditional as $path) {
+    $file = $target . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $path;
+    $result = file_exists($file) ? 'found' : 'not found';
+    printf("%s \t%s%s", $path, $result, PHP_EOL);
+}
+
+?>
+--CLEAN--
+<?php
+$file = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'bug77978_windows.zip';
+$target = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'bug77978_windows';
+unlink($file);
+
+$pathList = [
+    "abc./test/filename3.txt",
+    "test/filename4.txt",
+    "abc/test/filename5.txt",
+    "../abc/filename6.txt",
+    "./abc/filename7.txt",
+    "/abc/filename8.txt",
+    "abc/filename9.txt",
+    ":abc/filename10.txt",
+    "abc/.filename13.txt",
+    "abc/..filename14.txt",
+    "abc/../filename15.txt",
+    "filename16.txt",
+    "dir/filename17.txt",
+    "abc/./filename18.txt",
+    "abc/file.name19.txt",
+    "abc//filename20.txt",
+    "abc/filename21.txt",
+    "abc/filename22.txt",
+    "abc/filename23.txt",
+    "abc/filename6.txt",
+    "filename16.txt",
+    "abc/filename17.txt",
+];
+foreach($pathList as $path) {
+    if(file_exists($target . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $path)) {
+        unlink($target . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $path);
+    }
+}
+rmdir($target);
+--EXPECTF--
+Warning: ZipArchive::extractTo(): No such file or directory in %s on line %d
+abc/test:/filename1.txt 	not found
+
+Warning: ZipArchive::extractTo(): Not a directory in %s on line %d
+abc/test:a/filename2.txt 	not found
+abc./test/filename3.txt 	found
+abc../test/filename4.txt 	not found
+abc/test/filename5.txt 	found
+../abc/filename6.txt 	not found
+./abc/filename7.txt 	found
+/abc/filename8.txt 	found
+abc/filename9.txt 	found
+
+Warning: ZipArchive::extractTo(): No such file or directory in %s on line %d
+:abc/filename10.txt 	not found
+
+Warning: ZipArchive::extractTo(): Not a directory in %s on line %d
+ab:c/filename11.txt 	not found
+
+Warning: ZipArchive::extractTo(): No such file or directory in %s on line %d
+abc:/filename12.txt 	not found
+abc/.filename13.txt 	found
+abc/..filename14.txt 	found
+abc/../filename15.txt 	found
+abc/../../filename16.txt 	not found
+abc/../../dir/filename17.txt 	not found
+abc/./filename18.txt 	found
+abc/file.name19.txt 	found
+abc//filename20.txt 	found
+C:abc/filename21.txt 	not found
+C:\abc/filename22.txt 	not found
+C:/abc/filename23.txt 	not found
+test/filename4.txt 	found
+abc/filename6.txt 	found
+filename16.txt 	found
+dir/filename17.txt 	found
+abc/filename22.txt 	found
+abc/filename23.txt 	found
\ No newline at end of file